Either we're supposed to believe that his first term was to lull everyone into a false sense of security and that the second term is when he's going to really destroy America, or that everything that has occurred during that first term was isolated to just his term and that everything related to it isn't, in fact, influenced by decades worth of administrations, laws, and policies prior to it.

Either way ol' Santorum has been nothing if not hilarious.

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I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.

Wait... if the wait for a doctor grows ever longer, why was that hospital hallway empty? And what's with the weird red doctor who flickers? Is that the hospital from Silent Hill or something?

And I have never actually seen one of those playground spinny things moving under its own power. That's always the stock "abandoned playground" signal but if the wind was strong enough to spin that metal wheel around, my kid wouldn't be outside playing on it anyway.

The dude shooting himself in the head with a gas pump was pretty funny though.

we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.

wow, is it just me, or doAmerican political ads seem to have less to do with reality with each passing day?

Edited, Mar 26th 2012 5:24pm by Olorinus

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When it comes to sitting around not doing anything for long periods of time, only being active for short windows, and marginal changes and sidegrades I'd say FFXI players were the perfect choice for politicians.

Normally I don't link to DKos because it is the Great Orange Satan, but this one is relevant: When Men Were Free

You have found a satirically posed thesis: that to create a freedom for something, you have to simultaneously remove a freedom to suppress the former one. Like having and possessing the freedom to life means your freedom to kill other people is taken away or curtailed.

Because all rights are by definition a limitation on power: the right to a secret ballot implies a limit on the government's authority to peek; the right not to be unreasonably searched, absent a judicial warrant, in your home is a limit on the power of the police to do so. The right to marry someone with different skin color is a limit on the police power of the state to prohibit it. The right to march in the street is a limit on the power of the state to stop you. The right to buy contraceptives is a limit on the power of the state to prohibit it. And the right not to be forced to participate in a public school prayer ceremony that is not in accordance with your religious beliefs, or the right not to be singled out and stigmatized for your refusal, is a limit on the power of a state school to require it. The explosion of rights between 1954 and 1973 radically altered the rules of the game and, perhaps more importantly, the perceptions of those who lost their privileges (many of whom had little else).

Normally I don't link to DKos because it is the Great Orange Satan, but this one is relevant: When Men Were Free

You have found a satirically posed thesis: that to create a freedom for something, you have to simultaneously remove a freedom to suppress the former one. Like having and possessing the freedom to life means your freedom to kill other people is taken away or curtailed.

Because all rights are by definition a limitation on power: the right to a secret ballot implies a limit on the government's authority to peek; the right not to be unreasonably searched, absent a judicial warrant, in your home is a limit on the power of the police to do so. The right to marry someone with different skin color is a limit on the police power of the state to prohibit it. The right to march in the street is a limit on the power of the state to stop you. The right to buy contraceptives is a limit on the power of the state to prohibit it. And the right not to be forced to participate in a public school prayer ceremony that is not in accordance with your religious beliefs, or the right not to be singled out and stigmatized for your refusal, is a limit on the power of a state school to require it. The explosion of rights between 1954 and 1973 radically altered the rules of the game and, perhaps more importantly, the perceptions of those who lost their privileges (many of whom had little else).

Whether humorous or serious, both fail because they don't distinguish between positive and negative rights.

Was anybody else seriously disturbed that the "ad" started out with crows? I don't know whether to think Santorum is that racist, or so stupid to not even think about how racist that would appear. Although knowing his base, I doubt any of them would notice.

Was anybody else seriously disturbed that the "ad" started out with crows? I don't know whether to think Santorum is that racist, or so stupid to not even think about how racist that would appear. Although knowing his base, I doubt any of them would notice.

I'm guessing it's pretty much just crows = evil, add crows to ad about Obama to make people think obama = evil. I highly doubt it's anything beyond just trying to get the viewer to associate negative things with Obama.

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